The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-09-06
GREAT ASSEMBLAGE
or woRLD-rAMous PHYSICIANS.
Five Thousand Delegates Presont ut The
International Medical Congress In
Washln Every Country l.ep.
resented-S8tablo 0ecaaion. ai

| Notwithstanding oecRtion.
WARRINGTON, D. O., Sept. Ola rount
numbers 1t Ia estimated TINT the invsdin,
army Of doctors now contains about 5.oOt
individually. Tho work Of registration /!
still In progress and the exact figures ore
not yet astainable. OF those, nine.tentht
arc Americans. They are from the brigh,
eyed and aggressive young practitioner
not many years away from the srms o.
his Alma Mater, to the gold.spoctacled
snowy.headod and reverend college pro.
ieaaos; but an air OF bon homie everywhere
prevails among them. or tho three or
four hundred foreigners present, thoro arc
florid, portly Englishmsr, s.arthy Ital.
ians, Turks and .Persians, blonde Rus.
SLAMS, Norwcgiana and Swedes, with
Frenchmen, Dance, Germsne, servians,
Mexlcaus and South Americans in every
type OF eminent responsibility. French
appears to DO the favorite tongue for
not few among The foreigneys who seem
to turn without an effort from Servnn to
Spanish and from Norwegian to Greek,
whose English, though fluent as d spring
ireshst, Ia rather hard to recognize as
such. Before the hour for the opening
Of the Congress every scat In
ALDAuans' OPERA HOUSE
was occupied. The orchestra and orchcs.
ira circle had been reserved for members
Of tho Congress. Lsdies were in con.
siderable majority in the dress circle and
gentlemen in the upper gallery. Private
boxes were vera filled by the wivea and
families Of the officers Of tho Congress.
President Cleveland, Secretary Rayard
and Speaker Carlis!e vera escorted by DR..
Garrett to ssass upon tine stage ut II
o'clock and were greeted with applause
by the audience. This assambl:so We,
called to order by Prof. Henry n. Smith,
Of Philadelphia, Chairman Of tho Exacu.
tive Committee. He said 1t wss known to
all present as well as to phyaiciGno through.
out the world that in Msy, 1884, rapressn.
tative membera Of tho profession in the
United States decided to send frstsrnsl
greeting to the eighth Information Medical
Congress then about to assemble in the
capitol Of Denmark md ask that tho
ninth International Medical Congress
might meet in the city Of Washington.
This invitation being accepted, an Execu-
tive Committee was named TO make nBccs.
gary arrangement1, and the result Of :hsir
labors was seen IN ss
THIS LARGE ASSEMBLY
which tho register showsl contained
many Of the most brilliant and diating.
uished medical minds Of Earope, Asia and
America. To welcome these guests Of the
profession mad chow this interest in q
great object, the President OF the United
States has consented to open tho congress
for organization. He had the honor to
announce tho Hon. Grover Cleveland,
President Of the United Ssatca OF America,
The President arose, bowed aud when the
applause subdued, he said II feel that tho
country should be congratulated today
upon this presence at our Capital of go
many Of our citizens aud thoas represent
ing foreign countrioa who have djs.ingu.
ished themselves in the ac:ence OF uedi.
cine and are devoted to its further p,cgress.
My duty on this occasion ia 6 very pleas
ing and very brief one. It is simply 20
declare that tho ninth International Meli.
cal Congress is now open for organization
aud for the transaction OF busi1ess" The
chairman Of tho Executive Comnittee
then proceeded to nominate this gea!lo-
men agreed upon by the committee to be
the officers Of the Congress.
"For the high oi1ico OF President OF the
Congress" he said, "the committee unnn-
imonsly nominate 10 yous one widely
known as scientific practitioner, an able
teacher and medical author, Dr.. Nathan
Smith Davis, of Chicago" Dr.. Davis
having besn elected BY acclsmetioa, tho
chairman appointed DR.. Francesca Du.
ranti, Of Italy, aud Daputy Surgeon Gan.
eral Jeffrey S. Marstou, OF Il. B. II. Amy,
q committee to Escort him to tao chsir.
DR.. John B. Hamilton, Supervising Sur.
geon General OF the Unitsd States Marino
Hospital Service, having bssn nomlnased
and unanimously elected Secretary Gener-
al OF tho Congress, took his p!acs and
nominated the gentlemen agrosd upon IS
Vice Presidents Of the Congress, who wore
elected. This list Contains o hundred or
more nRmea. o. .f 7-e